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Projected Capacitive Touch

A Practical Guide for Engineers

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  • © 2019

Overview

  • Offers readers the first book on the use of projected capacitive (PCAP) touch technology for touch screens
  • Explains not only how PCAP touch works, but also addresses the implementation details an engineer needs when incorporating PCAP into their product
  • Includes explanations of different cover lens materials, cover lens coatings, software drivers, touch testing, and many other areas of general knowledge that would be useful to a design engineer

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

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About this book

This book covers ALL aspects of projected capacitive touch sensors including basic principles, the physics of PCAP, capacitance measurements, touch sensor materials and construction, electrical noise, software drivers, and testing.  It is targeted at working engineers who are implementing touch into their products as well as anyone else with an interest in how touch screens work.

·         Offers readers the first book on the use of projected capacitive (PCAP) touch technology for touch screens;

·         Explains not only how PCAP touch works, but also addresses the implementation details an engineer needs when incorporating PCAP into their product;

·         Includes explanations of different cover lens materials, cover lens coatings, software drivers, touch testing, and many other areas of general knowledge that would be useful to adesign engineer.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Plano, USA

    Tony Gray

About the author

Tony Gray is Director of PCAP Touch Technology at Dawar Technologies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Projected Capacitive Touch

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide for Engineers

  • Authors: Tony Gray

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98392-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98391-2Published: 03 November 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07490-6Published: 26 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98392-9Published: 24 October 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 203

  • Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 142 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Circuits and Systems, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Electronic Circuits and Devices

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